Darksaviour69
October 12th, 2006, 15:28
An old article but a very interesting one about the HiSaturn Navi
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In December 1995, about a year after the Saturn launched in Japan and only a few short months after the Saturn's launch in North America, Hitachi released the single most extreme console the world has ever seen. The HiSaturn Navi. Its feature list was enormous: slim profile, car adaptor, LCD screen, GPS Navigation, karaoke... No console before or since dared dream of including half these features, which is why to this day it is probably the rarest and most expensive post-NES console. In fact, even considering the piles of weird pre-NES hardware, the HiSaturn Navi still ranks as one of the most ridiculously expensive and elusive systems you're ever likely to see. As of this writing (2003/06/23) you can expect to pay over $1200 USD to get one of these in decent shape with a screen, and more if you get one in like-new condition with all the boxes and manuals intact. Totally ridiculous, and yet..
full story (http://nfggames.com/games/hisaturn/)
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3194/hrdhisatnavihf8.jpg
In December 1995, about a year after the Saturn launched in Japan and only a few short months after the Saturn's launch in North America, Hitachi released the single most extreme console the world has ever seen. The HiSaturn Navi. Its feature list was enormous: slim profile, car adaptor, LCD screen, GPS Navigation, karaoke... No console before or since dared dream of including half these features, which is why to this day it is probably the rarest and most expensive post-NES console. In fact, even considering the piles of weird pre-NES hardware, the HiSaturn Navi still ranks as one of the most ridiculously expensive and elusive systems you're ever likely to see. As of this writing (2003/06/23) you can expect to pay over $1200 USD to get one of these in decent shape with a screen, and more if you get one in like-new condition with all the boxes and manuals intact. Totally ridiculous, and yet..
full story (http://nfggames.com/games/hisaturn/)